eschete

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === echeete, escaete, escheet, escheitte, eschet, escheyte, eþchete, exschete === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French escheoit m, escheoite f, past participle of escheoir (“to fall”). Compare escheten and achete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛsˈt͡ʃɛːt(ə)/ === Noun === eschete (uncountable) The taking of property from a feudal subject due to extinction of their line or crimes committed; escheat. Synonym: achete Any property taken in this way (sometimes given to another subject) (rare, law) A writ for the escheat of a given property. ==== Descendants ==== English: escheat ==== References ==== “eschēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.